The Bristol Eight magazine - April 2015 by Andy Fraser

Apr ‘15 Issue 73

A free community magazine for the residents and businesses of BS8. Delivered each month through 8,000 letterboxes in Hotwells, Cliftonwood & Clifton

The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to your April issue of The Bristol Eight. April is always a busy month and this one is no exception, with an excess of events, activities and articles. So as well as the monthly wordsearch, with 6 bottles of wine from Aimee’s Winehouse up for grabs (p36) and the no‐prize quiz (p8) we also have swifts (p32), The Flavour Sensation (p11), Walking Whiteladies (p22), Leigh Woods cycling (p24), procrastination (p43), books (p27) and more besides. Such an eclectic mix you might easily think the magazine is just cobbled together ………. Have a great month. Ps ‐ deadline for inclusion in the May issue ‐ 17th April.

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Useful Informa on & Train Times Contact Numbers Gas Emergencies 0800 111 999 Electricity Emergencies 0800 365 900 Water Emergencies 0845 600 4600 Avon & Somerset Police Non‐Emergencies 101 (new no.) Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 Southmead Hospital 0117 950 5050 Bristol Royal Infirmary 0117 923 0000 Bristol Children’s Hospital 0117 342 8460 NHS non‐emergency 111 0117 988 2040 Bristol Blood Dona on The Samaritans 08457 909090 Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 76975 55 ChildLine 0800 11 11 Na onal Rail Enquiries 08457 484950 Telephone Pref Service 0845 070 0707 Mailing Pref Service 0845 703 4599 West of England Care & Repair ‐ help, advice and informa on 0300 323 0700 Postal Services Late Post ‐ there is a late post box at the main Post Oﬃce sor ng depot on the A38 at Filton. Currently the late post is at 7pm. Local Libraries Cli on ‐ tel. 903 8572 Mon, Weds, Fri, Sat ‐ 10.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 17.00 Redland ‐ tel. 903 8549 Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat ‐ 09.30 to 17.00, Thurs ‐ 09.30 to 19.00, Sunday ‐ 13.00 to 16.00 Public Transport Visit the excellent Bristol City Council website www.travelbristolorg to plan out your routes in, around or out of the city ‐ whether you are planning to go by bus, train, ferry, air, bike, car or foot. Recycling and Household Waste The Household Waste and Recycling Centres at

Avonmouth and St Phillips on Kingsweston Lane, Avonmouth are now open summer hours from 8.00am to 18.45 7 days a week. Bristol City Council www.bristol.gov.uk 0117 922 2000 Trains to / From Temple Meads Trains depart from Cli on Down Sta on to Temple Meads at the following mes ‐ Mon‐Fri 0625, 0643, 0740, 0816, 0849, 0929, 1016, 1049, 1130, 1216, 1248, 1330, 1416, 1448, 1531, 1616, 1647, 1729, 1816, 1911, 1945, 2016, 2151, 2232, 2316

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The Flavour Sensa on on Park Street Back in the early eighties our sixth form lunchtimes consisted of two main options. Playing darts (where I reached the peak of my sporting prowess) or arguing over whether it was to be Black Sabbath or The Human League on the Common Room record player. However once a fortnight ive or six of us would pile into my mate Dave Shenton’s orange Ford Escort RS Mexico and blast down to Poole High Street where his dad held the Wimpy franchise. There we could eat fast food for the irst time ‐ for free. On the burger front ‐ and they were called hamburgers back then ‐ the choice was simple. You could have a Wimpy or a Wimpy King Size. I expect the only real difference was an extra ounce of processed mince and an extra dollop of ketchup. Like much of my life then, my burger choice was simple ‐ and the result was low quality cuisine but which suited my tastes, which were as simple as the hamburgers. I like to think that in the intervening three decades I have matured (slightly, some may say) and that my tastes in many things, burgers included, are a little more re ined. Thankfully food retail has also progressed a tad since the days of the Wimpy Bar. Which brings me nicely on to The Flavour Sensation which now cheerfully and con idently occupies the site of the old Café Rouge at the top end of Park Street.

Being able to design your own burger seems to have become a popular concept these days, although this was the irst time I’d had the

opportunity to let my creativity loose on “beef and buns” in this way. “Build Your Own Burger” occupies a healthy slice of The Flavour Sensation menu, although it is by no means all that is on offer, and beef is just one thing you can slap between the bread of your choice. But I get ahead of myself, for irst we must deal with the starters. While nothing made me say “wow, that’s really different” in truth that wasn’t what I was looking for, and the options were more than interesting enough to make the choice dif icult. I opted for the creamy mushrooms ‐ large sliced and sauté ed mushrooms in a creamy blue cheese sauce on a toasted bun. I guessed the sauce was Saint Agur as it was smooth and rich, and it complemented the mushrooms perfectly. A very good start indeed. My good lady opted for a favourite of hers, the Thai ishcakes with sweet chilli sauce. I’d have liked a little more ish and a little less potato, but would have happily eaten a plateful of them ‐ and they certainly met with approval from Mrs F. Right, back to the main course and the job of specifying to the chef what your dream main will look like ‐ a kind of Burger Grand Designs if you like. Choose your burger ‐ where the options include beef (of course) and spicy beef, lamb, chicken, tuna, three bean, mushroom and an interesting sounding “mushpesto” that I was told included goats cheese. Then choose your bun ‐ classic white roll, brioche, wholemeal, ciabatta or gluten free. Then choose your toppings ‐ including a range of cheeses, bacon, egg, peppers, jalapenos or onions, and add in a couple of relishes or sauces to inish off. But not quite, as you then have a range of tempting side dishes to opt into ‐ fries, potatoes, salads, coleslaw etc. Now if you are indecisive the process could be tricky, but actually that is part of the fun ‐ you get to choose the food your way, not the way the chef decides or your parents suggest. We are planning to return with some friends in the Easter holiday and we’ll have three young (ConƟnued on page 12)

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teenagers in tow (including one vegetarian). Here is where I think The Flavour Sensation comes into its own ‐ a really fun dining experience which provides a great range of meals, freshly made from ine ingredients with plenty of vegetarian, healthy and food‐ intolerant options , and where the pleasure of choosing adds hugely to the pleasure of consuming. On this night though my imagination came up with a tuna burger on ciabatta roll with smoked cheddar, sweetcorn relish and lime juice mayo ‐ and house fries of course, whereas my partner went down the non‐ burger route and chose the wild mushroom tagliatelle. Needless to say we sampled each others food, in the interests of curiosity and to double the assessment of the food, and both meals got big thumbs up from both of us. Next time I may well go for a steak though as I see that other reviewers have rated them very highly. Or maybe I’ll have another go at designing my perfect burger…. It is unusual for yours truly not to be able to entertain a pudding, but for once desert had to be postponed until another visit. Instead we went for the very English option of a cup of tea , which as a pleasant surprise was big loose leaf in a pot, enough for two cups per person and just right to round off a very good meal.

I’d not visited Café Rouge so couldn’t vouch for the transformation, but the interior of The Flavour Sensation is really eye catching. I guess being a truly independent restaurant the owners have had the chance to express their individuality on the look of the place, rather than having to succumb to a head‐of ice formula. While the grey, red and yellow furniture would score low on subtlety it scores high on style, fun and cheeriness, which is what I think The Flavour Sensation is all about. Service couldn’t be faulted, and while the fact that we visited on a quiet‐ish Wednesday early evening meant the place was a little lacking in atmosphere it did mean that service was timely and the cheery staff had time to be attentive and chatty. So, all in all, our visit to The Flavour Sensation was a really pleasant one. I hope TFS builds on its early promise and thrives, and we look forward to returning for a second helping of ine fun dining.

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Death of the tax return? – Not yet. As you read this, we are about to enter a new tax year and for many this will mean the arrival of a tax return on your doormat. This may not be the last return that you receive, but its days are numbered. On budget day the death of the tax return was announced, but it may take a while for the new system to be fully introduced. Even then, the tax return will not disappear completely as it will still be an option for those that are reluctant to fully embrace the digital world. Hopefully, this announcement may reduce the rush to complete tax returns in January, but this will still be with us next year. The new system offers significant advantages, but we will have to wait and see how well it is implemented. Later in the year, once more information is available, I will comment on the proposals in more detail. Not everyone receives a tax return, but this does not mean that you don’t need to carefully review your tax position. If you are employed or are in receipt of a pension then new tax codes will come into force this month and if you have received a tax code recently then you should

check it carefully or pass it to your accountant if you have one. Tax codes are often incorrect as they use outdated or incorrect information and if the code is wrong it makes sense to correct it now as leaving it can potentially create large underpayments of tax. One new change from this April is the introduction of the Marriage Allowance. Married couples and civil partners may be able to transfer £1,060 of their unused personal allowance to their partner which could be worth £212 in tax. HMRC have further information at https:// www.gov.uk/marriage-allowance If you have any particular questions you would like covered, please don’t hesitate to get in touch pjones@wilkinsonandpartners.co.uk Until next month… Phil Jones is a director of local independent tax and accountancy firm Wilkinson & Partners, based on Jacob Wells Road here in BS8. www.wilkinsonpartners.co.uk or call 0117 921 1222

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22 high street between the university and halls of residence ‐ had somehow conspired to keep Harold Hockey open. Changing times at the top of Whiteladies Road... In my very irst article I wrote about ‘Wabi Sabi' ‐ the Japanese world view that change is inevitable ‐ a completely natural part of life ‐ that all living things are in a constant state of lux, and that we shouldn't regret the changes that time brings with it. I blithely sang the praises of this wise philosophy... I'll miss you Harold Hockey... Your wood But I have to be honest: it is with genuine sadness that I learn of the imminent demise of panelling and delightful old prints of Bristol, your old fashioned sense of authority and a great Whiteladies Road institution: Harold permanence... Your caring staff and regular Hockey, the stationers. The other day I went clientele. In recent years I've dreaded the into the shop to buy some notebooks (as I coming of this day – the advent of W.H.Smith have for over 30 years) and when I came to as our ‘Standard Stationer’ ‐ with its reduced pay I was given the (short term) good news ranges and cheaper (ie not as well‐made) that my purchases came with a 50% saving... On asking ‘why?’ I was given the (longer term) goods. bad news that this was a 'A inal 50% ‘closing Meanwhile, just over the road, you may have down’ reduction'. noticed that the petrol station has just closed down. On closer inspection it has notices Boo Hoo! I've been dreading this news for years. Any observer of businesses along WLR outside informing us that ‘Asda’ is about to open up ‐ a shop as well as petrol station, I could see it coming. How long could a shop selling 50 varieties of pen ‐ and 100 different assume ‐ offering ‘refreshments’ between 23:00 and 24:00 (!). I do hope the sizes of art paper – stay open into the 21st refreshments at that time of night don’t century? Harold Hockey is a stationery include alcoholic drinks, and I also hope the obsessive’s wet dream, stocking everything from ilofaxes to bulldog clips to week‐at‐view new shop/petrol station might think about calendars. Yet I'd somehow blithely assumed selling paintbrushes – just to make up for the loss on the other side of the road! that the sheer volume of ‘footfall’ – students Brian Leith crossing the downs and walking along our

Walking Whiteladies with Brian Leith

Ac ve Eight ‐ Keeping Fit in and around BS8 By Kayna Tregay, Pilates teacher and Personal Trainer Mountain biking: fun and itness in the woods Fancy exploring the woods on two wheels? The mountain bike trails of Leigh Woods and Ashton Court could be just the thing for you. If you’ve done some basic trail riding before, and if your bike has tyres with raised knobs or ‘lugs’, then grab your helmet, get your brakes checked and have a go!

One of the “Nova” trails at Ashton Court Just the other side of the Clifton Suspension Bridge lies Leigh Woods, with 4 km of prepared mountain bike trails, ranging from the moderate “Yer Tiz” trail to short sections of harder “Gert Lush” and “Keener Skills” trails. The trails snake their way through beautiful woodland, owned by National Trust and Forestry Commission. Ashton Court, owned by Bristol City Council, offers over 7 km of trails, from the moderate “Nova”, to the more technical “Super Nova sections”. You’ll take in lovely broadleaved woodlands, dramatic views over Bristol and, if you’re lucky, the sound of skylarks singing over the grasslands. Here are my handy hints: ▪ Go at your own pace: If you’ve not

mountain biked before, take it slowly to start with. Get off to walk on sections you feel unsure about, or to let faster riders overtake you. ▪ Keep your weight back when riding downhill. And use your back brake. This minimises the risk of falling forwards over your handlebars. ▪ Check out the 1 South West website for maps, photos, ilms and more: www.1sw.org.uk/experience/trail‐hubs/ ashton‐court‐leigh‐woods/ Mountain biking is great for cardiovascular itness, and can burn around 500 calories per hour. It’s also brilliant balance training and will increase your lower and upper body strength. It’s always worth taking water, a mobile phone, spare inner tube, pump and basic puncture repair kit (and knowing how to use them). So pack your rucksack and pedal over to the woods today!

Recording Bristol’s Swi s My name is Mark Glanville and I am keen local naturalist and the Bristol & Avon contact for Swift Conservation. Little is known about the exact number of swift nests throughout Bristol, so establishing their location is key to protecting their future. My wife Jane and I have recently set up a website www.bristolswifts.co.uk to offer help and advice to Bristol residents and record known swift nest locations and numbers.

Although swifts are long distance migrants wintering each year in Africa, one of the causes their numbers are falling lies much closer to home. Swifts prefer to nest together in old buildings. Many colonies have existed for tens and in some cases hundreds of years. Conservationists widely agree that large urban regeneration schemes, as well as individual household refurbishments over the last 20 years in cities like Bristol, has been the main reason why their numbers have declined so dramatically. The refurbishment of many old buildings during this period has inadvertently resulted in the loss of hundreds of traditional nesting sites. The simple fact is that new and modernised buildings offer little opportunity for swifts to nest.

The Common Swift (apus apus) is the most aerial of all birds and spends most of its entire life on the wing, lying continuously day and night. In its lifetime a bird may ly a distance of some 4 million miles, which is equivalent to lying to the moon and back again eight times. A swift only lands after 3‐4 years when it has reached breeding maturity, where it returns to the general location of its birth to ind a mate If you know you have swifts nesting at your and raise its own family. property your support is essential in protecting these birds. Firstly, if you can defer For many the sound of a “screaming party” of any outside maintenance work during the swifts is the quintessential sign that summer summer nesting. Secondly, try and leave a few has inally arrived. They can be quite frenetic nooks and crannies open, this really makes a at times, like screaming little black demons, hence their old‐fashioned name “Devil Birds”. huge difference. If the above is not an option, We might think of them as a British bird, but in swifts will take quite readily to nest boxes. Perhaps you could install a few boxes as an fact they only spend about three months with alternative, this is a great help especially when us, arriving in late April or early May to raise traditional nest sites are scarce. their young and leaving by early August. The remaining nine months are spent in Central Another very good indication that a nest site is and Southern Africa. nearby is witnessing a screaming party of swifts lying around a building. This usually Swifts numbers are in decline and the British occurs on ine summer days throughout May, Trust for Ornithology estimates that since 1995 their numbers have fallen across the UK June or July. by 38% putting them on the Amber List for bird species causing concern. (ConƟnued on page 33)

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If you know of any swift nest sites or have witnessed a screaming party please contact us via our Contact Page on www.bristolswifts.co.uk. We need your help in protecting our Bristol swifts for the future. Mark Glanville

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36 the one winner. Submit your entries by post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), by email (andy@thebs8.co.uk), by phone (0117 9687787), by text (07845 986650) or by A terri ic prize up for grabs with this months BS9/BS8/BS6 magazine prize wordsearch that tweet (@BS9Andy). is kindly sponsored by Aimee’s Winehouse in Here are the ten wines and ten countries you Stoke Bishop. Aimee has offered a mixed half are looking for ‐ case of 6 bottles of wine to the competition winner. France Germany Spain Italy Listed below are ten wine growing countries New Zealand Hungary and ten wine varieties. Nine of the countries Australia Chile and nine of the wines are hidden in the Argentina United States wordsearch grid and can be found written Barolo Beaujolais forwards, backwards, up, down, or on a Pinot Noir Chianti diagonal. All you need to do is determine Semillon Chardonnay which wine and which country are not hidden Chenin Blanc Reisling in the puzzle. Gewurtztraminer Merlot Let me know the two answers by the closing date of 31 April 2015 and all the correct entries will go into a random draw to select In the meantime the draw has been made from the dozens of correct entries received for the February prize puzzle and where the correct answer to the missing Italian city was Trieste. First out of the hat was a text entry from Bronwen Grover who wins a £20 gift voucher to spend at the excellent Divino Deli on Worrall Road in Clifton. Congratulations to Bronwen and thanks as ever to everyone who took the trouble to

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40 those digital versions may not be any better, and may even be worse than, the artefacts that we digitised.” (GWAAC4) Photographs and the best way to save them. Mrs PC ‐ Friendly Computer Training “We stand to lose a lot of our history. If you think about the quantity of documentation from our daily lives which is captured in digital form, Last month, I returned to my hometown and like our interactions by email, people's tweets, met up with some old friends. One of them all of the world wide web, then if you wanted to brought along some old photos of times we had spent together 20 years ago. We had such see what was on the web in 1994 you'd have fun reminiscing and catching up on news. One trouble doing that. A lot of the stuff disappears. photo in particular was particularly poignant. It was a family snap, with my friend and my “We don't want our digital lives to fade away. If family all together. I hadn’t seen it before. I we want to preserve them the same way we have now borrowed it, and taken a copy. My preserve books and so on we need to make sure scanner was broken, so I went to Clifton that the digital objects we create will be Colour in Clifton Down Shopping Centre, and rendered far into the future.” they did it for me on the spot. Mr Cerf said there was a huge problem with the When I went to pay, there was a photocopy on ability to preserve and run software over long the desk, printed out from The Daily periods of time. He said he felt a ‘great burden’ Telegraph. to ind a way to create digital formats which can still be accessed in thousands of years. Google’s vice president has warned internet users to print out treasured photographs or He is recommending the creation of a system, risk losing them. which will not only store a digital format but preserve details of the software and operating “Vint Cerf, the internet pioneer, said it was time system needed to access it, so it can be recreated to start preserving the vast quantities of digital in the future. data which are produced before they are lost In the meantime, he recommended printing forever. out important documents such as treasured Warning that the 21st century could become a family pictures to avoid losing them through second "Dark Ages" because so much data is outdated operating systems. now kept in digital format, he said that future generations would struggle to understand our “We have various formats for digital society because technology is advancing so photographs and movies and those formats quickly that old iles will be inaccessible. need software to correctly render those objects. Speaking at a conference in San Jose, California, Mr Cerf likened the problem to the Dark Ages, the period in Britain between the 5th and 8th centuries where little is known, following the collapse of the Roman Empire. “If we don’t ind a solution our 21st Century will be an information black hole. Future generations will wonder about us but they will have very great dif iculty knowing about us. We think about digitising things because we think we will preserve them, but what we don't (ConƟnued on page 41) understand is that unless we take other steps,

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Sometimes the standards we use to produce those objects fade away and are replaced by other alternatives and then software that is supposed to render images can't render older formats, so the images are no longer visible.” I thought that the article was worthy of sharing with you. Do make sure that your most precious photos are printed or at least

saved. Don’t just leave them on your camera or phone, transfer the photos onto your computer and then back them up elsewhere too. So many photos are taken on phones It is likely that many will remain in digital format and often be lost with the phone if that goes astray. Treasure your digital memories, and take care of them

Want’s On & Community News Listings for community events, not‐for‐ pro it clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch with Andy Fraser by telephoning 0117 968 7787 or 07845 986650, post details in to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk (in email or Word format ‐ no PDF’s please). All notices must be received by the 12th of the preceding month to guarantee consideration for inclusion. Sustainable Redland is running the Whiteladies Farmers’ & Fair Trade market weekly (Saturdays) from May. This is to celebrate Green Capital Status and to keep the idea of local and low carbon in people's minds. 8.30am ‐ 2.00pm at the junction of Whiteladies Road with Apsley / Burlington Roads next to old St. John's Church. May 2nd special celebration of the Neighbourhood Partnership and Sustainable Redland. We are the Bristol U3A – an organisation of lively and interesting people who offer all sorts of groups for enjoyment, friendship and learning. If you are no longer in full‐time work, we have a wide range of over 100 different activities, including art, computing, languages, music, walking, and science. Please visit your local social group at Browns Restaurant by the Museum on the third Wednesday or the fourth Thursday every month at 10.15am ‐ phone Jenny 0117 9043697, for meetings. Details: www.bristolu3a.org.uk. Don’t stay at home, come and join the Bristol U3A! Out There Music Bristol ‐ Orchestra Concert. Saturday 9th May, 7pm at Trinity Henleaze URC Church, Waterford Road, BS9 4BT. Tickets £8 (£5 under 18’s) available from admin@outtheremusicbristol.co.uk / 07866 587424. An uplifting, musical event for all the community. Come and hear OTMB Orchestra play a broad range of music including Pomp

and Circumstance , Symphonie Fantastique and The Marriage of Figaro Overture. In aid of Music Space www.outtheremusicbristol.co.uk Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn will be performed by St Alban's Players at 7.30pm on 30th April, 1st & 2nd May 2015. St Alban's Church Hall, Bayswater Avenue, Westbury Park, BS6 7NU. Tickets Adults £8, Patrons £6, Students & under 16s £5. Telephone 0117 924 7266. www.stalbansplayers.org.uk Failand Drama Circle are well into rehearsals for their next production, "Black Adder Through the Ages". This will take place from 22nd ‐ 25th April at 7.30 in Failand Village Hall, BS8 3UL. BBC Scripts from this highly popular series have been made available for amateur group to perform with the permission of the writers, Ben Elton and Richard Curtis. The episodes we have chosen are "Bells" (Bob!), "Sense and Senility" and "Goodbyee". Tickets, priced £8.50 for the Wednesday and Thursday and £9.50 for Friday and Saturday, including a free programme, are available from the Box Of ice 01275 393302. Bristol Cabot Choir will be performing Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and Vivaldi’s Gloria and other wonderful Italian pieces at Clifton Cathedral on 25 April 2015 at 7.30pm. Conducted by Rebecca Holdeman and accompanied by orchestra, superb up and coming young soloists, and the talented Joachim Schwander on continuo organ, Tickets: £15 and £10 (under 18s) from Opus 13, 14 St Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8DT – on 0117 9230154; or on line at www.bristolcabotchoir.org (+10% Booking Fee). Retiring collection for the Julian Trust Night Shelter. Drop In Healing Sessions held at The Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland BS6 6JE on Thursdays from 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm. Run by NFSH The Healing Trust trained volunteers on a donation basis. Healing can help whether you're feeling stressed or in need of support or just want time for yourself. Everyone welcome, no need to book. For more (ConƟnued on page 44)

Louise’s Tips for an Easier Life 10 Top Tips to beat Procrastination This month I’d like to share some expert’s advice to help you to dither no more. I recently read an article by Nilufer Atik which said people who continually put things off are unhappier, as well as being less healthy and wealthy compared with those who get things done promptly. Studies have also shown that procrastinators are more likely to make mistakes. However, experts insist that procrastinators can change their behaviour: it takes a lot of self‐work but in the end it’s worth the effort – and start today, not tomorrow! 1. Next time you procrastinate ask ‘What make me decide to do this in the irst place?’. If you don’t know the answer – don’t do it! 2. For each task, ask yourself – should I do this, delegate it or dump it – and act. 3. Take small steps – break down tasks to make them manageable. 4. Get help – if you’re overwhelmed, ask an expert in.

5. Drop perfectionism – an imperfect step taken today is better than a perfect step never taken. 6. Remove distractions – turn off the TV, switch phone to silent and truly focus. 7. Recognise when you’re about to procrastinate and acknowledge it. 8. Learn from the past – remind yourself of the frustration of not getting things done and the satisfaction when something is achieved. 9. Be nice to yourself ‐ don’t beat yourself up and forgive yourself if you do procrastinate. 10. Visualise your ideal future – what one step could you take right now to move you towards it? Then Just. Do. It. Good luck! Louise England is a Lifestyle and Home Assistant and her service aims to free‐up your free time. Her passion is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by helping them sort things out and complete jobs in their homes quickly and ef iciently. Website: www.louiseengland.co.uk Mobile: 07780 474256 Email: louise@louiseengland.co.uk Twitter: @L_England

44 specialising mainly in classical works (ancient to modern). We are loosely associated with the Choir School, joining in with some of their concerts and using the school (on College (ConƟnued from page 42) Green) for practice on Wednesday evenings. We put on 2 or 3 concerts a year, including a main concert with orchestra and ‘pudding’ information phone 07748 358206. concert in the summer (the choir provides music and dessert!). There is no audition and The Elgar Society is dedicated to promoting no requirement for musical expertise, just an the works of Sir Edward Elgar, our greatest urge to sing! Contact Matthew Smith English composer. The Society has regional mattmsmith@virginmedia.com if you are branches, and the South‐western Branch is interested. based in Bristol. We have meetings monthly throughout the year, and also excursions to places of Elgarian interest. More information is The Over 40’s Club is a non‐pro it making social club. New members always welcome. available on the Elgar Society website Our weekly club nights start at 8.30pm every www.elgar.org.uk Thursday. We have a varied programme of events ranging from meals out and walks to Team members needed. At Bristol Child Contact Centre in Henleaze children of all ages gliding and badminton. For further info please spend time with the parent they no longer live contact our New Members Secretary Lynn on with, in a session supported by our volunteers. 07757780201 or visit our website Most of the ‘contact parents’ are fathers, so we www.bbivc.org.uk would especially welcome more men to join Bristol Cabot Probus Club is for retired and us. The volunteer team prepares the hall and semi‐retired professional and business men to toys, serves refreshments, welcomes parents maintain contact and fellowship with people of and children, listens non‐judgmentally when needed, and keeps everyone safe and happy. If similar interests. Meets third Wednesday each month in BAWA Club Southmead Rd, for lunch this appeals to you, and you’d be free to join followed by a speaker on a wide range of our Saturday volunteer rota every 4‐6 weeks, do get in touch for further details. You will get interesting subjects. Extensive programme of an enhanced DBS check, training and support, social events including holidays, day trips, Sunday lunches and skittles to which ladies plus the satisfaction of maintaining a much‐ and friends are welcomed. Contact John valued service which helps families stay in Howard‐Cairns on 968 3134 for more details. touch after separation. See our website at www.bristolchildcontactcentre.org.uk. and/or The Probus Club of Bristol for semi or retired ring Helen or Anna on 07511 290505. Professional Business men, meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at BAWA Southmead Redland Wind Band Spring Concert 2015, Road. At these meetings we have a three Saturday 18 April 7.30pm at Westbury‐on‐ Trym Baptist Church, Reedley Road, BS9 3TD. course lunch with a speaker. In addition there Tickets £8: fromredlandwindband@gmail.com is a substantial programme of social events to which our Ladies are invited to participate. If or on the door. 14 and under free. An exciting you are interested in joining our club, please and varied evening of wind band music will contact our Membership Secretary Martin include pieces from the stage, screen and the Harker on 01275 857324, email classical repertoire. FFI visit probusbristol@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.redlandwindband.co.uk www.bristolprobus.org.uk Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Society Rotary Club of Bristol – we meet at the Bristol is always looking for new singers to join our (ConƟnued on page 46) choir! We are an enthusiastic amateur choir

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46 special event please contact tantwilliams61@gmail.com if interested – and May 21st "What we should really be teaching our children" Dr Bob Acheson, former (ConƟnued from page 44) Headmaster of Clifton College Preparatory School Do come along to any of our meetings, Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm preferably by telephoning the Chairman, Tony Williams on 2393187 or the Secretary, Jenny for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays Haines, on 9628075. and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd are followed by a speaker. New members are and 4th Thursdays of each month in the very welcome – see www.bristolrotary.org or meeting room of the United Reform Church at contact our Club Secretary Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com for more details. the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members. 7853. All we ask is that people give their time, are interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help North West Bristol Camera Club are an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers others. We meet Wednesday lunchtimes at Redland Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. Please who meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Fields. New members of any level of ind out more about us by visiting ability are most welcome. For details contact www.cliftonrotary.org or emailing Pete on 07870 589555. secretary@cliftonrotary.org Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group offers Bristol Brunel Probus Club for retired free meditation instruction at the Open House professional and businessmen meet at BAWA evening each Wednesday from 7.30 ‐ 9.30 pm Southmead Rd, once a month to enjoy lunch at 17 Lower Redland Road, BS6 6TB. There and a mix of social events, regular speakers, will also be a weekend programme, Social visits and outings, to which wives and friends are warmly welcomed. For more details please Transformation and Self Awareness from 8 pm on Friday 17 April until 4 pm on Sunday 19 ring Fred Martin on 968 3875. April which will include talks, meditation Stoke Lodge History and Archaeology Group ‐ practice and discussions. The cost of this from 2015 we meet on the second Thursday of programme is £110 including a light lunch on every month (instead of the irst Thursday) at Saturday and Sunday or £90 if you register and pay by 10 April. For further information the Friends Meeting House in Hampton Road, please see our website: Redland, BS6 6JE at 7.30. We host a rich diversity of lectures. New members are always www.bristol.shambhala.info Registered made very welcome. For further details please Charity Number 1132160 contact Annette Martin on 0117 979 3209 Volunteers needed to support carers. Could you please help us to develop and increase our The Bristol Branch of the English Speaking support to carers, people who are looking after Union welcomes guests to their meetings an unwell, disabled or elderly family member which are held in the Apostle Room of Clifton or friend? If you are outgoing and could offer Cathedral at 7.15 p.m. for 7.45 p.m. There is two mornings a month to greet and give ample parking and entrance is £5. The aim of information to carers when they visit their GP the English Speaking Union is to encourage Practice or you could offer two to three hours friendship and global understanding through a week to sit with an older or disabled person English. Our forthcoming meetings include so that their carer can have some time off, we’d April 27th "Behind the Scenes at Downton (ConƟnued on page 48) Abbey Lady Carnarvon of Highclere Castle‐ a

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love to hear from you. Full training and support provided. Please contact Mike Hatch, Carers Support Centre volunteer on 07503 577830 or e‐mail gp_volunteers@outlook.com Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group New members and visitors (£2 charge) always welcome. Please ring Jenny Weeks for more information ‐ 0117 968 6010. Like making Air ix models? Avon Branch of the International Plastic Modellers Society meets on the third Wednesday of every month at the BAWA on Southmead Road at 8.00pm. New members are very welcome. For more information contact Andy White on 0117 3732798 or visit www.ipmsavon.org.uk Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and experienced dancers at St Monica’s Trust Hall on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome; come on your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, 01275 794638 or Graham 01275 854782, or visit www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk Wednesday 15th April, WNO Friends, Bristol and West of England ‐Pelleas et Melisande. The mysterious young woman Melisande is married to one man – and loves his half brother. David Speller will present the story of this opera and introduce us to some of Debussy’s music, before our anticipated visit to Cardiff to see the WNO’s production in June. 7.15 pm: All are welcome at The Performing Arts Centre, Red Maids’ School, Westbury Road BS9 3AW . Pay at the door, Friends £5.00, Visitors £7.00, Students £1.00 Stoke Lodge Ramblers provide a varied range of walks that will suit all levels of walking ability. Walks are scheduled for the irst and third Thursdays & Sundays of every month. A number of social events are also held. www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com or ring our Secretary on 968 4140 for more

information. Saturday May 16th 10am to 4pm in Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve. “Celebrating the Honey Bee” with local apiarist Heather. Everyone is welcome at any time during this event to learn about and celebrate bees and their importance for us all. There will “crafts, cakes and lots of information” and items of interest for all ages. The entry to the reserve is in Glenavon Park. There will be no charge. For more information consult the website www.spnaturereserve.com. Tuesday 2nd June at 10.30 am. A guided walk round Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve to look at the lowers on the reserve, led by expert botanist Tony Smith. Everyone is welcome and there will be no charge. If it is raining the walk will take place the following week the 9th, and if there is doubt about the weather please phone 9686799 for more information. Meet at the Glenavon Park entrance to the reserve just before 10.30. 22nd April, Bristol Society for the Arts of Asia lecture “Latest Researches on the Schiller Brothers, Foremost Benefactors of the Bristol City Art Gallery”, Simon Baker, independent scholar; 6.30 to 8 p.m. at 3/5, Woodland Road (Entry 1), Clifton, Bristol, non‐members welcome but donation of at least £7 required; University students welcome free of charge on sight of their student I.D. card. West Bristol Orchestra. A Chamber Orchestra, playing a wide range of Classical Music arranged for the smaller orchestra, meets at the United Reformed Church, Muller Road on Thursdays 7.15pm.to 9.15pm. Additional String players of Grade5+ standard welcomed. Experience of orchestral playing not essential. For more info please contact the Secretary on 968 3998. Free Mini tennis for kids and parents at Kings Lawn Tennis Club! Easter Holidays; Weds 1 April 2‐4pm, Weds 8 April 2‐4pm and also Sat 25 April 11:30‐1pm. Book at www.kingstennis.co.uk or visit our website, (ConƟnued on page 50)

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Facebook page or contact Elly for further details ellytennis.kings@hotmail.com. Redland Green School Car Boot Sales: Clear out your clutter and come and ind some treasure at our irst of this season's car boot sales. Saturday 18th April, Redland Court Road, BS6 7EH. Sellers £8 per pitch, from 12 noon, book via forgscarbootsale@hotmail.com or 07968 493013. Buyers 1pm‐4pm 50p admission, kids go free. Further sales on 16th May, 20th June and 18th July. Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze. Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday and practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New members always welcome. REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids which enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. We design, make or modify equipment to suit their speci ic needs. No charge is made for our services. Please contact us if we can help ‐ Colin 01275 460288 colin305@gmail.com or Ray 0117 9628729 rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk Web site www.remapbristol.org.uk New Dimensions meets every month and we have talks on a wide range of esoteric subjects. The meetings are held at the Friends’ Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6JE. Admission: £5 (including tea/coffee/ biscuits). The next meeting will be held on Sunday 19 April at 3pm. The speaker will be Clare Russell and the title of her talk is “Developing your Intuition.” Your intuition is an incredible guide which we can easily train ourselves to hear and trust. Clare will share with us two key challenges that will enable you to access your inner wisdom. She will also help us to open up our intuitive senses through

exercises that may encourage your spiritual growth. For further information, please telephone 01749 678 834 or write to: leasurs@tiscali.co.uk Outlaw Artisan Craft Show will be taking over the Passenger Shed at Bristol Temple Meads on the 2‐3 May with its unique concept that takes the traditional craft show to another level – with crafts to buy, demo stage, have‐a‐ go workshops, ‘makers in residence’, pop‐up café , kids area and much more. At the heart of the event are the 80 hand‐picked exhibitors from across the UK who will be showing and selling their artisan wares at the show – from screen printed fabric and cushions, to hand illustrated bone china, and fabulous fabric lampshades, to beautiful bespoke jewellery or quirky up‐cycled lighting, there will be something for all tastes. Entry costs £6 for adults (under16s free) and this includes all activities in the Demo Theatre, ‘Make and Take Theatre’, and ‘Makers in Residence’. The Crafty Kids sessions are aimed at under7s and cost £1 ‐£2 per child and the Taster Workshops cost from £10 ‐ £18. The latter can be booked in advance and information will be posted on http://outlawevents.co.uk when the workshops are inalised. More Reading Buddies Wanted! Would you enjoy offering reading and language support to children for whom English is a second language? Can you help them improve their reading ability, bene iting both them as individuals & the wider class. Can you commit to giving one hour of reading time a week in term‐time? We are working with 11 schools in the Southmead, Brentry and Hor ield areas. Training is offered, and your enhanced DBS check is paid for by Bristol City Council. You would read with the same children each week. For more information please contact Paul Harrod, at paul.harrod@gmail.com. Get Involved in Netball. The Avon Netball League is well established in Bristol and welcomes all types of players – whether new to netball, taking it up after a few years (ConƟnued on page 52)

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Get In Touch ‐ it couldn’t be easier:‐ absence and all the way up to premier division Telephone: 0117 968 7787 / teams that cater for high level players. 07845 986 650 Independents Netball Club is a friendly team Email: andy@thebs8.co.uk looking to recruit new members, with training Post: 8 Sandyleaze, on Monday evenings at Red Maids School, Westbury on Trym, Westbury‐on‐Trym. Please email Bristol, BS9 3PY bristolnetball@hotmail.co.uk for more Twitter: @BS9Andy information. Henleaze Tennis Club has vacancies for players of all standards and ages. Whether you are an established player looking for a club, someone who is rusty or a student come along and try us out. For further information take a look at www.henleazeltc.com or contact the secretary Philip Price Tel: 07787 566246 E‐mail: philpriceqs@gmail.com Lip‐reading class. An evening lip‐reading class to help you cope with your hearing loss runs in Clifton from 6.15pm to 7.45pm every Monday at Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road. Fee is £5 per session. For more details email the tutor, Mary Hall at lipreadingmary@yahoo.com or telephone 07790 283 939. Clifton Women’s Institute. Please come & join us Every last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at Alma Church, Alma Road, Clifton BS8 2ES. Drop–in Taster Evening £3 (Max 3x per year), Annual Membership £36.00. Monthly guest speakers, Demonstrations, discussions and local fundraising. Outings & social events including dining clubs, walking groups, theatre groups, bridge and more. Everyone welcome. Enquiries: thecliftonwi@gmail.com or www.cliftonwi.co.uk . Coming up ‐ April 29 Improving our Carbon Footprint in Europe’s Green Capital of 2015 (yes, that’s Bristol!) Roger Gimson of Sustainable Redland advises us on how we can do more. And on May 27 ‐ Resolution ‐ your chance to vote from the NWI shortlist PLUS…Needle Felted

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Quiz Answers from page 8 1. Petro Poroshenko; 2. buzzard; 3. Staffordshire (Oblivion, Alton Towers), Suffolk (Sizewell B), Lancashire (Tower Ballroom, Blackpool); 4. long distance running, rally driving, football; 5. sprinting, show jumping, cricket; 6. Robert Robinson, Kevin McCloud, Michael Rodd; 7. Fair Isle; 8. Bath Oliver, Chorley Cake, Dorset Knob; 9. London and Birmingham; 10. Australia, North Korea, England, Vietnam; 11. Milton Keynes; 12. Tunes; 13. Field Marshal, Admiral of the Fleet, Air Chief Marshal, Chief Constable; 14. Life thru a Lens, Led Zeppelin, Cliff; 15. Timpani are kettle drums that form part of the percussion section of an orchestra; 16. they all feature the word “Spanish” in the title ‐ Spanish Bombs, Spanish Stroll, Spanish Eyes, Spanish Harlem; 17. Suffolk, Yorkshire, Derbyshire.